Names That Peaked In 1895
These names hit their all-time highest U.S. ranking in 1895 and have never ranked as high since — the sound of that moment, frozen in the data. (The #1 names that year were Mary and John — reigning champions usually peak in a different year than they reign.)
| Save name | Name & meaning | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32#3,562 | Up 417 rank positions in five years | 1952 | |||
| 944#346 | Up 54 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 216#1,104 | Down 187 rank positions in five years | 2014 | |||
| 169#1,201 | Down 133 rank positions in five years | 1999 | |||
| 7#12,823 | Down 1,960 rank positions in five years | 1956 | |||
| 7#10,603 | new | 1920 | |||
| 174#1,184 | Up 198 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 167#1,338 | Down 403 rank positions in five years | 2018 | |||
| 20#5,971 | Up 433 rank positions in five years | 1916 | |||
| 9#8,349 | Down 190 rank positions in five years | 1923 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1918 | |||
| 23#5,465 | Down 1,171 rank positions in five years | 1966 | |||
| 76#2,001 | Down 557 rank positions in five years | 2020 | |||
| 211#1,050 | Up 120 rank positions in five years | 2024 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1922 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1919 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1925 | |||
| 12#6,919 | Down 1,601 rank positions in five years | 1922 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1922 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1921 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1939 | |||
| 26#4,075 | Up 681 rank positions in five years | 1918 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1915 | |||
| 32#4,354 | Up 1,494 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1919 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1923 | |||
| 9#8,476 | Down 188 rank positions in five years | 1916 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1954 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1928 | |||
| 5#13,421 | Down 6,040 rank positions in five years | 1923 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1921 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1919 | |||
| 8#11,308 | new | 1895 | |||
| 5#12,105 | Down 1,442 rank positions in five years | 1915 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1914 | |||
| 6#11,137 | Down 3,952 rank positions in five years | 1983 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1923 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1916 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1915 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1918 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1925 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1925 |
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How this list is built
A name “peaked” in 1895 when that year holds its best-ever position in the national rankings — rank, not raw count, because raw counts track how many babies were born and would pile every “peak” into the boom years. To qualify, a name must have reached the top 1,000 at its height and have at least 500 all-time applications. Lists are ordered by that peak rank.
Ranks come from U.S. births, counted separately for girls and boys. “Unranked” today means fewer than 5 applications in the latest year — uncommon, never invalid.